Ska:na Family Learning Centre (SFLC)

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Child care you deserve

High quality. Flexible. Affordable. That's the kind of care CUPW and UPCE-PSAC members say they need – but can't find.

CUPW and UPCE-PSAC families in Windsor can have access to the child care they need, thanks to our child care project.

(SFLC) is a Native, non-profit, registered charity providing quality child care in the Windsor community. The word Ska:na is an Oneida word that means "Peace".

SFLC believes in supporting the whole family and follows the High/Scope philosophy in regards to child and family development.

That means having peace of mind while you're at work. And that means a lot.

Quality

It is important to find child care that you can trust, and a preschool that exceeds your expectations. That is why CUPW has partnered with SFLC since 2010.

Ska:na creates an environment where children are safe, nurtured, loved and encouraged to learn.

Ska:na's quality education programs are delivered by:

• Registered Early Childhood Educators (Ontario College of ECE)

• Safe and developmentally sound environments

• Comprehensive curriculum and age-appropriate learning experiences

Flexibility

Highly qualified staff foster an atmosphere in which children develop a positive selfconcept through age appropriate activities designed to meet each child's need.

Ska:na Child and Family Learning Centre offers centre-based child care programs for children from birth to 12 years old.

Hours of operation are Monday to Friday from 6:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.

Ska:na provides postal workers access to the following programs:

Infants (0 – 18 months)

Toddlers (18 months to 30 months)

Preschool (31 months – 5 years)

JK/SK/School Age after school care (4 years – 12 years)

Affordability

High quality child care is expensive. The Child Care Fund subsidizes the cost for services provided by SFLC that are available to postal workers.

Subsidies are as follows:

Infant and toddler 50% of parent fee Preschooler 40% of parent fee

Kindergarten and School Age 40% of parent fee.

In addition, if a CUPW family has more than one child attending the centre an additional 25% of parent fee.

(Note the subsidy is taxable)

The CUPW Child Care Fund

Ska:na Family Learning Centre is one of our unions’ child care fund projects that are helping postal and communications workers who have a hard time finding and affording quality child care. This is part of the CUPW and UPCE-PSAC commitment to building better child care that meets the specific needs of postal and communications workers’ families.

Special Needs and Moving On Projects

CUPW and UPCE-PSAC also have a project that provides help to members whose children have special needs:

Financial help to reduce the higher cost of appropriate child care and related services

Personal support by phone

A regular newsletter

Educational and resource materials

Contact 1-800-840-5465 toll-free for details about the Special Needs and Moving On Projects.